salehyusef

Languages: English

Job: Other

About Me:
Most of my life has involved cross-cultural experiences, especially with youth. I lived and worked in Micronesia for 19 years and in Saudi Arabia for two years. My parents were foreign student advisors in a university, and I was a foreign student advisor in a college. I worked in summer camps, community centers, youth centers, social services, youth services, mental health, with street gangs, in colleges, and in a prison. Also, I've run several businesses and done business consulting. I'm basically retired, but recently started a business to import dates from Saudi Arabia to the U.S........................................................... SMILES A brother member (Mr-Mv) sent me a smiley. Now, the interesting thing about smiles is that they reproduce asexually, so that it only takes one to fill a whole room. Consequently, I now have enough extra to send one to each of you. Please share their offspring with your family, friends and strangers you meet in the street.

Hobbies:
"For Good" by Stephen Schwartz (copyrighted) I'VE HEARD IT SAID THAT PEOPLE COME INTO OUR LIVES FOR A REASON BRINGING SOMETHING WE MUST LEARN AND WE ARE LED TO THOSE WHO HELP US MOST TO GROW IF WE LET THEM AND WE HELP THEM IN RETURN WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF I BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE BUT I KNOW I'M WHO I AM TODAY BECAUSE I KNEW YOU... LIKE A COMET PULLED FROM ORBIT AS IT PASSES A SUN LIKE A STREAM THAT MEETS A BOULDER HALFWAY THROUGH THE WOOD WHO CAN SAY IF I'VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER? BUT BECAUSE I KNEW YOU I HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR GOOD IT WELL MAY BE THAT WE WILL NEVER MEET AGAIN IN THIS LIFETIME SO LET ME SAY BEFORE WE PART SO MUCH OF ME IS MADE OF WHAT I LEARNED FROM YOU YOU'LL BE WITH ME LIKE A HANDPRINT ON MY HEART AND NOW WHATEVER WAY OUR STORIES END I KNOW YOU HAVE RE-WRITTEN MINE BY BEING MY FRIEND... LIKE A SHIP BLOWN FROM ITS MOORING BY A WIND OFF THE SEA LIKE A SEED DROPPED BY A SKYBIRD IN A DISTANT WOOD WHO CAN SAY IF I'VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER? BUT BECAUSE I KNEW YOU I HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR GOOD... AND JUST TO CLEAR THE AIR I ASK FORGIVENESS FOR THE THINGS I'VE DONE YOU BLAME ME FOR BUT THEN, I GUESS WE KNOW THERE'S BLAME TO SHARE AND NONE OF IT SEEMS TO MATTER ANYMORE LIKE A COMET PULLED FROM ORBIT AS IT PASSES A SUN LIKE A STREAM THAT MEETS A BOULDER HALF-WAY THROUGH THE WOOD LIKE A SHIP BLOWN OFF ITS MOORING BY A WIND OFF THE SEA LIKE A SEED DROPPED BY A BIRD IN THE WOOD WHO CAN SAY IF I'VE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER? I DO BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR THE BETTER AND BECAUSE I KNEW YOU I HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR GOOD..................... ---ooo000OOO000ooo---..................... >>>>>>>>>>> Anti-Israeli & anti-zionist does not equal anti-Jew or anti-semitic; it equals anti-injustice......................... ))))))))))))((((((((((((......................... Anti-semitic means anti-Arab, too. Arabs cannot be anti-semitic unless they oppose themselves.

Books:
Quran My general reading is on very diverse topics. A recommendation to stimulate your thinking:"Desperately Seeking Paradise" by Sardar.

Quotes:
He drew a circle that shut me out Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout But love and I had the wit to win; We drew a circle that took him in. -- Edwin Markham......................... The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood. -- Edwin Markham......................... There is a destiny that makes us brothers; None goes his way alone; All that we send into the lives of others Comes back into our own. Edwin Markham--......................... ......................... You can disagree without being disagreeable--Gerald Ford ......................... You don't have to be friends with everyone, but you don't need to be enemies with anyone--Tony Bermanis